Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7

Performance Results


Gaming 145% UFO	Desktop 106% UFO	Workstation 125% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	143% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	248% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 (all builds)
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170706
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '17 at 17:23
Run Duration	163 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700K-$250 712,312 User benchmarks, average bench 84% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4.2 GHz, turbo 4.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	101% Outstanding	Memory 97.3 1-Core 153 2-Core 305 102% 185 Pts	4-Core 560 8-Core 832 87% 696 Pts	64-Core 835 52% 835 Pts
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6696) CLim: 2050 MHz, MLim: 2952 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 206 Reflection 220 Parallax 194 168% 206 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 194 Splatting 138 128% 158 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 1,960 Write 1,692 Mixed 1,615 391% 1,756 MB/s	4K Read 45.2 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 35.9 209% 86.6 MB/s	DQ Read 43.4 DQ Write 205 DQ Mixed 33.7 52% 94 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 353%
Corsair Force MP500 NVMe PCIe M.2 480GB-$194 3,881 User benchmarks, average bench 158% 355GB free Firmware: E7FM02.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,203 Write 1,273 Mixed 1,611 375% 1,696 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 57.6 211% 82.5 MB/s	DQ Read 648 DQ Write 567 DQ Mixed 180 252% 465 MB/s
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 211%
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210 68,849 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 120GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2184 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1510 (B1) Unknown 99 99 26 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 66 53 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 3 (EB) Unknown 99 99 369 (F1) Unknown 99 99 16379600147	112% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 489 Mixed 509 113% 504 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 40 170% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 128 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 160 143% 209 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 124%
WD Green 1TB (2011)-$64 143,477 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 238GB free Firmware: 80.00A80 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 177 165 4125 (04) Start/Stop count 96 96 4877 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 3685 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 4368 (C0) Power-off retract count 198 198 2057 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 190 190 32847 (C2) HDA temperature 113 105 34 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 200 200 0	57.7% Above average	Read 118 Write 82.6 Mixed 116 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.31 4K Write 1.76 4K Mixed 0.19 67% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB-$78 31,641 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 3200 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	99.2% Outstanding	MC Read 38 MC Write 38.4 MC Mixed 27.6 99% 34.7 GB/s	SC Read 23 SC Write 39.4 SC Mixed 31.7 90% 31.4 GB/s	Latency 49 82% 49 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 99.2% Great: 107%

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Gaming 106%

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Desktop 92%

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Workstation 91%

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Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-Z270X-Gaming 7 - $240

CPU
Core i7-7700KIntel $250Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	598x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	67x
Core i5-7600KIntel $190Bench 76%, 195,006 samples	55x

GPU
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	152x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	138x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	96x

SSD
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GBSamsung $43Bench 213%, 165,668 samples	45x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	42x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	32x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $40Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	51x
Trident Z RGB DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBG.SKILL $55Bench 84%, 215,644 samples	40x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	29x

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Value: 75% - Very good

Total price: $1,058

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16